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ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADA PARATRANSIT PLAN <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />ADA paratransit service may also be affected by a pattern of no-shows in which ADA- <br />eligible registrants abuse the service by making reservations but not appearing to make use <br />of the service. To avert the detrimental effects of this behavior on the effectiveness and <br />efficiency of the service, OPT has adopted an ADA paratransit service no-show policy <br />(Exhibit 7). <br />Description of Proposed Complementary Paratransit Service: <br />As previously noted, in spring 2015, OPT will begin providing additional fixed-route and <br />deviated fixed-route services throughout Orange County that will expand the general public <br />fixed-route or deviated fixed-route service provided by a total of approximately 9,310 <br />service/revenue hours. With the addition of the fixed-route service, complementary <br />paratransit service is federally mandated by the ADA. For the additional deviated fixed <br />routes, curb-to-curb service will be provided for general public, non-ADA-eligible patrons as <br />well as ADA-eligible registrants for those requesting a deviation. The fare for a requested <br />deviation for both will be twice the general public fare as for those persons accessing the <br />deviated fixed-route service at the fixed stop locations. <br />Table 1 summarizes these services and the proposed ADA service type associated with <br />each.Exhibit 8 depicts the locations of these service corridors and the ¾-mile buffer <br />surrounding the corridors within which OPT will be responsible for providing ADA paratransit <br />service during the service times indicated for each in Table 1. <br />Table 1: Summary of New/Expanded and Existing Fixed-Route Services Beginning <br />Spring 2015 <br />Service/Route Service Days Service Times ADA Service Type Fare <br />Orange-Alamance Connector Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm <br />Combination of <br />separate dial-a-ride <br />service and fixed-route <br />deviation <br />$2 general <br />public/$4 ADA <br />Efland-Hillsborough Commuter <br />Loop Monday-Friday <br />6:00am-9:00am <br />and <br />4:00pm-7:00pm <br />Combination of <br />separate dial-a-ride <br />service and fixed-route <br />deviation <br />$2 general <br />public/$4 ADA <br />Cedar Grove-Hillsborough- <br />Chapel Hill Shuttle Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm <br />Combination of <br />separate dial-a-ride <br />service and fixed-route <br />deviation <br />$2 general <br />public/$4 ADA <br />Hillsborough Circulator Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm <br />Combination of <br />separate dial-a-ride <br />service and fixed-route <br />deviation <br />No fare for general <br />public or ADA <br />passengers <br />The additional fixed-route services are scheduled to begin May 1, 2015. Once the new <br />services commence, the same method of ADA paratransit service currently provided as <br />described in the Description of Current Paratransit Services section of this document will be <br />17 <br />ReturntoAgenda